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Harold Evans

Born

in Manchester, England

June 28, 1928

Website

http://www.sirharoldevans.com

Genre

Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History

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Harold Evans is an English-born journalist and writer who was editor of the Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981. A graduate of Durham University, he has written a number of bestselling histories. He followed the late Alistair Cooke in commentaries on America for the BBC. An American citizen since 1993, he has held positions as editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly Press, founding editor of the prize-winning Conde Nast Traveler; editorial director of the Atlantic and US News and the New York Daily News; and president and publisher of Random House. He holds the British Press Awards' Gold Award for Lifetime Achievement of Journalists. In 2001 British journalists voted him the all-time greatest British newspaper editor, and in 2004 he was knighted ...more

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The 35 words you��re (probably) getting wrong

I freely acknowledge that, in a list of this sort, ��glossary�� is a fancy Latin word for a collection of pet peeves (noun, 1919), meaning an annoyance or irritation. One of my peeves is that, as a noun originating in America, it had not been admitted into the Shorter Oxford...

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	Do I Make Myself Clear? Why Writing Well Matters 3.64 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators by Harold Evans, Gail Buckland, David Lefer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2004 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Paper Chase 3.91 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers 4.14 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Century 4.23 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Times, Bad Times 4.05 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1983 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pictures on a page: Photo-journalism, graphics and picture editing by Harold Evans, Edwin Taylor (Contribution by) 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Stories: Reporting in the Time of Conflict from the Crimea to Iraq 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Front Page History 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Newspaper Design. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1973	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Nothing is so tiring to the reader as excavating nuggets of meaning from mountains of words.”
― Harold Evans, Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers

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“Political language—and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservative to anarchist—is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
― Harold Evans, Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters

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“I would have written something shorter, but I didn’t have time.”
― Harold Evans, Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters

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